Solange reveals she’s been dealing with multiple chronic health conditions

Photo: Getty Images Solange Knowles has revealed that she’s dealing with multiple chronic illnesses. Knowles commented on her diagnoses while responding to an Instagram post where model and musician Shaun Ross detailed his experience with long COVID. “Sending u so much love and strength Shaun and to all in the comments struggling with the debilitating, confusing, and lonely symptoms of POTS!” Knowles responded to the post “I got diagnosed with POTS, Sjogrens, and Mcas in 2018 and really relate to not wanting your health to be your identity,” she continued. “The good folks at [Dysautonomia International] were really an incredible resource for me and I feel really grateful for the spoonie community for holding me down during my times of complete uncertainty! Sending an abundance of love your way!” POTS, or Postural tachycardia syndrome, is a chronic condition that causes abnormally rapid heart rates when standing or sitting up. Sjogren’s syndrome, a second illness Knowles said she’s dealing with, is a chronic autoimmune disease that causes malfunction in the body’s moisture-producing glands to malfunction, often resulting in dry eyes and a dry mouth. The singer’s third illness, Mcas, or Mast cell activation syndrome, causes a person to have severe allergic...